| Saturday, February 23, 2019 Born on this day
| | 1685 - | The great Baroque composer, Georg Händel, is born. [more] | Australian History
| | 1955 - | Floods begin in the Hunter Valley, Australia, ultimately claiming 25. [more] | | 1970 - | The Indian Pacific train, the only service to cross an entire continent without the need to change trains, embarks on its inaugural transcontinental journey. [more] | | 1994 - | Jimmy Tambo, an indigenous Australian exploited by Barnum's Travelling Circus, is finally laid to rest, 110 years after he died. [more] | World History
| | 1455 - | The Gutenberg Bible, the first western book printed from movable type, begins its print run. [more] | | 1885 - | John Lee escapes execution when the gallows malfunction three times. [more] | | |
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